> You could smoke on the Hindenberg. Yes. On a dirigible held aloft by hydrogen, they had a smoking room Seems insane, but I guess they didn't want homicidal n

> You could smoke on the Hindenberg. Yes. On a dirigible held aloft by hydrogen, they had a smoking room Seems insane, but I guess they didn't want homicidal nicotine-starved passengers. The article does however go on to say "The smoking room was kept at a higher pressure than the rest of the ship so that no leaking hydrogen could enter the room, and the smoking room was separated from the rest of the passenger section by a double-door airlock." So the designers seem to at least have been aware of the risks.